In the interests of full disclosure, Rowan Larke is a close friend. That said, however, A Love Neverending takes risks, plays with romance conventions, is generally beautifully written, and haunts me, so it belongs on my list of the Best of 2009, even if I can’t in all good conscience review it.

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Sarah F. is a literary critic, a college professor, and an avid reader of romance -- and is thrilled that these are no longer mutually exclusive. Her academic specialization is Romantic-era British women novelists, especially Jane Austen, but she is contributing to the exciting re-visioning of academic criticism of popular romance fiction. Sarah is a contributor to the academic blog about romance, Teach Me Tonight, the winner of the 2008-2009 RWA Academic Research Grant, and the founder and President of the International Association of the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR). Sarah mainly reviews BDSM romance and gay male romance and hopes to be able to beat her TBR pile into submission when she has time to think. Sarah teaches at Fayetteville State University, NC.

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I haven’t read anything on the list except Rowan’s work (and, also in the name of full disclosure, she’s my critique partner), but I’m so glad she made this list. Her willingness to go out on a limb with the themes she addresses, and her beautiful writing voice, make her an amazing talent. And, yes, I’m completely biased. She still rocks.

I gave my cousin (she is an English professor at AUM) the Smart Bitches Guide for her birthday, and she spent all Thanksgiving quoting it to me and my sisters (and my mom, who was hilariously amused and shocked, at the same time). It’s a great book.

I’ll be picking up the Victoria Dahl later this month, once I’m done glomming Nalini Singh’s series. I remember the review to this day, and I’m glad you reminded me that I want it.

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